Ruby Appears Impassive After Kennedy Case Verdict
Dallas AP report notes Jack Ruby, 52, sits impassively in his jail cell after the jury foreman reads the death sentence for Ruby in the Oswald slaying case. He passes time with dominoes and cards, greets lawyer Burleson, and faces appeals with calm health and steady routine.
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Dallas
Max E
Jack Ruby
Ruby
John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Joe B. Brown
Jack L. Ruby
Racer
Phil
Phil Burleson
Burleson
Jack
E. L. Holman
Beach Art Group Defers Smorgasbord Plans to April 7
Old Orchard Beach Art Association at Jameson School held a still life painting session with refreshments by Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson and Miss Isabella Melver. Members listed include Evelyn Monier Joseph Bay Phyllis Bay Naomi Bean Gertrude Eastman Saul Bridge Graves Isabella Mecelver Priscilla Skilling Ethel Wight Elizabeth Wilson Paul Wight Alice Murphy and guest Mrs. White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach Art Association
Jameson School
Elizabeth Wilson
Isabella Melver
Evelyn Monier
Joseph Bay
Josephine Bay
Naomi Bean
Gertrude Eastman
Saul Bridge Graves
Isabella Mecelver
Priscilla Skilling
Red Cross Captains Named At Beach Drive
Old Orchard Beach RC Cross Drive selects captains led by Chairman Donald W Shorey. District One: Mrs. Robert Corliss. District Two: Mrs. Kenneth Cooper. District Three: Paul Sicard. District Four: Herbert R Bean and Mrs. Marie Smith. District Five: Roger Tousignant and Leon Jones.
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Old Orchard Beach
R.c Cross Drive
Donald W Shorey
Robert Corliss
Kenneth Cooper
Paul Sicard
Herbert R. Bean
Marie Smith
Roger Tousignant
Leon Jones
Saco PTA Covers History Of Thornton Academy Program
Thornton Academy hosted the March Saco PTA meeting in Linnell Gym with a History of TA program. Alumni director Henry LaVallee outlined recent growth, while Sidney Griffith reviewed academics and a panel of department heads answered questions.
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Thornton Academy
Saco
Parent - Teacher Association
Linnell
Henry LaVallee
Sidney Griffith
Academy
Robert Bowie
PTA
Joseph McCarthy
George Ange
Pauline Fournier
John Robinson
Melba Ramsdell
William Farrington
James McGaffin
William Searle
Young School
Clayton Freeman
Lawrence Turner
Earl Pratt
Dorothy Johnston
North Saco
Ireland Named Land of Opportunity at Portland St Patrick Dinner
Ireland called a land of opportunity by Noel Lemass at a St Patrick’s Day dinner in Portland. Lemass, son of Irish premier Sean Lemass, said Ireland’s growth outpaces all other European nations. Archbishop Feeney urged Irish Americans to sympathize with minorities denied civil rights in this country.
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Portland
Noel Lemass
Lemass
Sean Lemass
St. Brendan's
Ireland
Daniel J. Feeney
Methodist Men Plan For Ladies Night at Church
The Methodist Men's Club met in the Washington Avenue Methodist Church vestry with President Arthur Leddy and Merrill Thompson leading. Plans were set for April 6 Ladies Night, entertainment and refreshments outlined by John Tibbetts, and renovations of Sunday School memorial rooms to continue over two Wednesday nights. An Easter card send to shut-ins was ordered and a Navy activities film was shown. Attendees included Leddy Thompson Raymond Pettengill Fowler Freeman Stilman Gilbert Carl Gilbert Tibbetts Laney Gray Davidson Orchard Browne.
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Old Orchard Beach
Methodist Men’s Club
Washington Avenue Methodist Church
Arthur Leddy
Merrill Thompson
John Tibbetts
Navy
Walter Freeman
Leddy
Charles Raymond
Leddy Mpson
Raymond
Everett Pettengill
Theodore Fowler
Freeman
Stilman Gilbert
Carl Gilbert
Tibbetts
George Laney
Leonard Gray
Robert Davidson Vernon Orchard
Samuel Browne
Want Ads Work Wonders and They’re Not Expensive
Local shoppers are reminded that classified want ads offer cost effective results. Advertisers report strong response from readers and quick placement for a broad range of items and services.
Johnson shelves foreign aid bill reshaping plan
A White House dinner led to shelving plans to repackage the foreign aid bill. Debate centered on splitting economic and military aid. Rep Morgan warned fragmentation could kill the measure. Johnson aims to ask Congress for about 3.4 billion in the package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
White House
Congress
Robert S. McNamara
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Comm
Thomas E. Morgan
D-Pa
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Ito
House
Morgan
Capitol Hill
Kennedy
Cattlemen Demand Legislation Amid Farm Price Pressure
The exchange centers on farm price woes as Hruska and Freeman clash over political rhetoric. Cattle and sheep raisers face possible bankruptcy while Johnson administration efforts in Geneva aim to ease barriers for American farm products.
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Pace
Hruska
Freeman
Nebraska Republican
Midwest
Mail carrier uses trained German shepherd to deter dogs
Kansas City AP reports postal worker John Browning 35 relies on a 90 pound German shepherd trained to scare off barking small dogs during his rounds. The dog handles the nuisance while Browning delivers mail.
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Kansas City
John Browning
Three Social Club Members Given Cakes
A ham supper opened a Women’s Democratic Social Club meeting at St. Jean’s Hall Biddeford. President Mrs Laurianne Grever led, Treasurer Mrs Gertrude Pontbriant reported, and minutes were read by Secretary Mrs Grace Perron. Birthday cakes were given to Mrs Stella Roy Miss Violet Deschambault and Miss Cecile Pontbriant. Special prizes went to Mrs Bernadette Courtois and Mrs Germaine Perry with a food basket to Mrs Aurele Ouellette. The hall was festooned for St Patrick’s Day with officers in green carnations. The next meeting is set for April 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Democratic Social Club
St. Jean's Hall
Adams Street
Biddeford
Laurianne Grever
Gertrude Pontbriant
Grace Perron
Stella Roy
Violet Deschambault
Cecile Pontbriant
Bernadette Courtois
Germaine Perry
Aurele Ouellette
Activity Reports At Biddeford VFW Meeting
VFW Post in Biddeford held a meeting in the city building with plans for May Poppy Days. Paul Lapointe reported on the district bowling tournament in Somersworth where Biddeford placed third. Commander William McKenney announced a district meeting in Kennebunk and a March 26 district party for Togus Hospital funds. A delegate was registered for the national convention in Cleveland in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Biddeford
Paul T. Lapointe
VFW
Somersworth
N. H
Berwick Post
William McKenney
Kennebunk
Lapointe
York Post
Togus Hospital Fund
Cleveland
Ohio
Three Circles of United Church Women Plan March 30 Fundraiser
Three circles of the Women’s Fellowship at United Church of Christ Biddeford met yesterday. Circle A led by Mrs Norman Lundy and Mrs Harold Staples organized a March 30 food sale and card party and a supper for the Men’s Club. Circle C in Fellowship Hall with hostess Mrs Reginald McAdoo prepared India program notes. Circle D at Mrs Paul Larrabee’s home arranged participation in the March 30 church vestry card party and food sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Fellowship of the United Church of Christ
Congregational
Biddeford
Circle A
Norman Lundy
Harold Staples
Coleaders
India
Staples
Lundy
Worden
Leo Pratt
Walter Boynton
John Moeckel
Burton deFrees
Clayton Cartmill
G. Carroll Carter
Circle C
Reginald McAdoo
Claude Faulkner
Faulkner
McAdoo
Joseph Haley
Alfred Stimpson
Earle Atwood
Ruby Packard
William Beety
Circle D
Paul Larrabee
Wayne Hutchins
Clarence Tarr
John McDougall
Warren Libby
Charles Jackson
William Trott
Charles Patrick
Albert Whitehurst
Hutchins
Larrabee
Interstate Highway System Expands Toward 1972 Target
The Interstate Highway System grows as about 16 550 miles are open with 5 000 under construction and 12 000 under study while the program nears its 16 year completion. About 18 percent remains with total federal state and private investment rising and reforms implemented to curb irregularities.
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Washington
NEA
China
United States
Congress
John Biatnik
D-Minn
Highway Department
Jim Wright
D-Tex
Civil Service and Merit Systems
Massachusetts
West Virginia
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Department of Public Works
Rex M. Whitton
Bureau of Public Roads
Military accident causes split across services cited
The Air Force report shows 31 percent pilot error and 39 percent material failure in its accidents with weather 1 percent maintenance 8 percent supervision 5 percent and the rest undetermined. Army figures list crew error first, material failure second, then maintenance and weather. The Pentagon notes ongoing vigorous safety programs and a declining accident rate for Air Force and Navy since the 1920s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pagene
Air Fore
Army
Pentagon
Air Force
Navy
Kiwanis Club Hears History of Loan Associations
Albert F. Des Haies spoke last night at the Saco Biddeford Kiwanis Club meeting in Biddeford outlining the history of loan associations up to the present day. Lloyd Anderson led Irish songs for St Patrick's Day before supper. Paul Casavant gave the invocation.
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Albert F. Deshaies
Saco-Biddeford Kiwanis Club
Wonderbar
Washington Street
Biddeford
Lloyd Anderson
Paul Casavant
Elm Street
Piddeford
Johnson frames himself as Irish by osmosis at St Patrick dinner
President Johnson told 2,500 Friendly Sons of St Patrick at the Waldorf Astoria that the United States draws strength from the American dream of freedom and opportunity. He joked about Irish influence in government, urged nonpartisan reverence for St Patrick’s Day, and urged empathy for the sick and hopeful both in the nation and abroad.
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New York
Osmosis
Johnson
America
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
White House
House
Senate
Denly
Democratic Party
Republican Party
St. Patrick’s Day
United States
Panama
OAS
Thomas Mann
U.S
Mann
De Gaulle Scores First In Joust With Johnson
James Marlow reports that Charles de Gaulle and John F. Kennedy era tensions linger as de Gaulle visits Mexico and Johnson addresses Latin American ambassadors. The OAS Panama dispute and differing government accounts cloud the visit with political signaling and questions of agreement. Johnson’s speech contrasts with De Gaulle’s gesture aimed at goodwill toward Latin America.
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de Gaulle
Johnson
Associated Press
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
Big Charley
John F. Kennedy
Caribbean
Mexico
France
Latin America
Organization of American States
United States
OAS
Panama
Panama Canal Zone
Conference on Mental Health Begins in Augusta
A three day conference starts in Augusta under Maine’s Committee for Mental Health Planning. Dr. Bernard Lubin and H. Curtis Mial of the National Training Laboratories will run programs. Maine received $50,000 from the National Institute of Mental Health for the first year of the planning program.
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Augusta
Maine
Committee For Mental Health Planning
John B. Leet
Department of Mental Health & Corrections
Bernard Lubin
H. Curtis Mial
National Training Laboratories Group
National Education Association
National Institute of Mental Health
Leet
Students hopeful shift in campus activism at Valley Forge
Valley Forge Pa AP reports Rev. W Haydn Ambrose newly named director of the Department of Campus Christian Life of the American Baptist Convention notes a change from futility and apathy to controlled optimism and activism among college students.
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Valley Forge, Pa
W. Haydn Ambrose
Department
Campus Christian Life
The
American Baptist Convention
Saco Extension Plans Surplus Food Classes
The Saco Extension Association met in GAR Hall with an all day session. Reports covered York County Women’s session in Alfred, stitching on new fabrics, highway safety talks, and safety literature distributed to teens and adults. Plans include surplus food class for nutritious meals and a Lebanon exhibit display with donations to child guidance group.
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Saco Extension Association
Gar Hall
Saco
Irene Ayer
York County Extension
Conant ‘Chapel
Alfred
Lillian Chapin
Women’s Educational and Industrial Union
Saco Unitarian Women’s Alliance
Biddeford Universalist Daughters of Ruth
Marion Banks
Highway Safety Committee
Lebanon Historical Society
Lebanon Academy
Community Child and Family Guidance and Counseling Association
Cost of living changes since 1947 49
The document notes that overall consumer item costs rose 29 percent since 1947 49 while food advanced 22 percent Rent and medical care showed higher increases though figures are inconsistent in the surviving fragment.
Itch Of Piles Relief Promised By Petersons Ointment
Advertisement claims millions found relief from itching and smarting using Petersons Ointment in a cooling soothing formula. A writer praises relief and sleep after use, with price points 60c and 85c and a money back guarantee.
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Peterson
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OUR
Cherub — Kant
Land of Opportunity
Federal Dedosit Insurance Corp
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Sud
By James Marlow
Edith Smith
Saco Welfare
Public Health Nurse’s Office
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Howe’s Highway
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